Here are my responses to the articulatory quiz identifying distinctive features of vowels and consonants: /b/ - Bilabial, Plosive, Voiced /ʌ/ - Low, Central, Unrounded /ʒ/ - Post-alveolar, Fricative, Voiced /ɒ/ - Low, Back, Unrounded /j/ - Palatal, Approximant, Voiced /w/ - Labio-velar, Approximant, Voiced /e/ - High, Front, Unrounded /ʊ/ - High, Back, Rounded /ɪ/ - High, Front, Unrounded

1. Useful Links for Phonetics Purposes
Useful Links for
Phonetics Purposes
Typing IPA fonts
http://ipa.typeit.org/
Articulatory Review
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics

2. Exercise: Sound and Spelling
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird;
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead;
Non-Phonetic Language
English Language as a
For goodness sake, don’t call it deed!
Watch out for mean and great and threat.
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt.)
A moth is not moth in mother,
Nor bth in bother, broth in brother….

3. Exercise: IPA Chart, Summary
IPA Chart (Summary)
Click in here for an Articulatory Review
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics

4. Exercise: Vocal Organs
Vocal Organs, Review 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
A
B C D E

5. Exercise: Vowels and Consonants
Vowels & Consonants, Review
The United States started with 13 small states.
Now there are 50 states spread from east to west.
Mother washed, cooked, and cleaned.
After she finished, she rested.

6. Exercise: English Consonants
Charting English Consonants
Place of Articulation
Labio- Palato-
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar
dental Alveolar
Nasal
m n ŋ
p b t d k g
Manner of Articulation
Plosive
Fricative f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ h*
Approximant r j w
Lateral l
Affricate
tʃ dʒ
*This speech sound has no specific place of articulation.
Voiceless Voiced To avoid confusion and to facilitate comprehension, this
sound’s properties: fricative – velar (glottal) – voiceless.

7. Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds
Appreciating English Consonants:
Place & Manner of Articulations
Ladefoged, P. (2005). Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp, 115-17
Places of Articulation
Bilabial Upper and Lower lips come together.
Labio-dental Lower lip approximating Upper teeth.
Dental Tip of Tongue near Upper teeth.
Alveolar Tip of the tongue touching /near Alveolar Ridge.
Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate,
Post- Alveolar behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar)
Palatal Front of tongue near Hard Palate.
Velar Back of tongue touching Soft Palate (Velum).
Labio-Velar Two lips approaching one another, and Back of tongue raised toward Soft
Palate.

8. Exercise: Properties of Consonant Sounds
Appreciating English Consonants:
Place & Manner of Articulations
Ladefoged, P. (2005). Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages. UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp, 115-17
Manner of Articulation
Stop (plosive) Complete closure of vocal tract. Air is blocked from going out .
Nasal Closure of vocal tract making air coming out through the nose.
Fricative Constriction of vocal tract so that a kind of noise is formed.
Affricate A complete closure of vocal tract followed by a fricative manner made at
the same place of articulation.
Tip or Blade of tongue near the forward part of the Hard Palate,
Approximant behind Alveolar Ridge. (Palato-Alveolar)
Lateral Tongue touching roof of mouth without contacting teeth at the sides.

9. Exercise: English Vowels
Charting English Vowels
HIGH
Vertical Movement MID
LOW
FRONT
CENTRAL
Horizontal Movement
BACK
ROUNDED
Lip Rounding NEUTRAL
UNROUNDED
Vocal Folds: Voiced
Voiceless Voiced

10. Exercise: English Vowels
Charting English Vowels Horizontal Movement
FRONT CENTRAL BACK
HIGH
Vertical Movement
MID
Lip Rounding
ROUNDED NEUTRAL UNROUNDED LOW

11. Exercise: From Transcriptions to Linguistic Units
From Transcriptions to
Linguistic Units

12. Exercise: Putting Vowels and Consonants All Together: Coarticulation
Putting Vowels & Consonants Together:
The Phenomenon of Coarticulation
A: ǀˈ ʌðəjʊ ǀ ˈ ǀ ˈw
sɒritəˈb bʌt ɒtsjəˈ
B: ǀ ˈm
aɪneɪmzˈfrediǀ ənˈjəz ǀ
ʊ
A: ǀ maɪneɪmzˈnˈkls ǀ
ɪ ə
B: ǀ ɪtsˈnaistˈm ʃə ǀ
ə ɪˈt
A: ǀˈ
dəʊmˈmen̩n̩ɪt ǀ ɪtwəzmaɪˈp
ʃ

13. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz:
Vowels and Consonants Features
Vowels ǀ ˈs r i t ə ˈb ð ə j
ɒ ʌ Consonants
H
V
ʊǀ Pl
MA
LR VF
ǀ ˈb t ǀ ˈw t ʒ ə ˈ e i
ʌ ɒ n
mǀ
ǀˈaimveri ˈsɒribǝtδeǝwǝz ˈsʌmθɪŋaɪhǝdtʊǝˈtend ǀ

14. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz (1): Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
Vowels and Consonants Features warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/b 1 1
2
/ʌ/ 2
/ 3 3
1 1
/ʒ/ 2
3
/ɒ/ 2
3
/j 1 1
2
/ə/ 2
/ 3 3

15. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz (2): Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
Vowels and Consonants Features warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/w 1 1
2
/e/ 2
/ 3 3
/n 1 1
2
/ ʊ/ 2
/ 3 3
/t 1
2
/ɪˈ 1
2
/ 3
/ 3

16. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz (3): Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
Vowels and Consonants Features warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
1
/ɜˈ 1
/r/ 2 2
3
/ 3
/d 1
2
/æ 1
2
/ 3
/ 3
1
/ɔˈ 1
/ð/ 2 2
3
/ 3

17. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz (4): Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
Vowels and Consonants Features warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
1 1
/v/ 2
3
/ɪ/ 2
3
/s 1
2
/ɑˈ 1
2
/ 3
/ 3
1
/ʊˈ 1
/θ/ 2 2
3
/ 3

18. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz (5): Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
Vowels and Consonants Features warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
/m 1 1
2
/g/ 2
/ 3 3
/k 1 1
2
/l/ 2
/ 3 3
1 1
/h/ 2
3
/z/ 2
3

19. Articulatory Quiz: Vowels & Consonants Features
Articulatory Quiz (5): Look at the IPA symbols corresponding to speech sounds and determine the
distinctive features they exhibit. You may not use a formal chart, but be
Vowels and Consonants Features warned to use your own articulatory awareness to identify such features.
1 1
/ f/ 2
3
/ʧ/ 2
3
/p 1
2
/w 1
2
/ 3
/ 3
1 1
/ʤ/ 2
3
/j/ 2
3

20. Exercise: Articulatory Quiz: V & C
Articulatory Quiz:
Recognizing Vowels & Consonants Distinctive Features